A Reminder of Scottish Cancer Challenges

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Jul 11

Last month the Office for National Statistics published the latest figures for cancer incidence and mortality in the UK during 2006-2008. The mortality statistics for Scotland compared to the rest of the UK, serve as a reminder of the challenges for change that face Scottish society. Scotland had the:

Highest cancer incidence rates for females in the UK

Highest overall cancer mortality rates (14 % higher for males and 13 % higher for females than those for the UK as a whole).

Highest incidence of lung cancer ( 25 % higher for males, 33 % higher for females than in the UK as a whole)